NeoNEVS: Brain Growth and Neurodevelopment in 79 Preterm Infants

79 very low birth weight preterm infants treated at two tertiary neonatal intensive care units between 2019 and 2021. The dataset contains serial cranial ultrasound measurements used to estimate brain volume and growth rates, correlated with Bayley-III neurodevelopmental scores at 24 months corrected age. It was authored by C. Brickmann and shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between cerebral growth rate and motor development based on longitudinal ultrasound measurements.
• Investigating the predictive value of single time-point brain volume versus growth trajectories for neurodevelopmental risk stratification.
• Analyzing associations between head circumference percentile decline and brain growth rate in preterm infants.

Strengths

• Includes data from 79 very low birth weight infants, a specific and clinically relevant cohort.
• Longitudinal measurements from birth to discharge, allowing for growth rate analysis.
• Neurodevelopmental outcomes assessed using the standardized Bayley-III test at 24 months.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset is very small (14.9 KB), indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

C. Brickmann via figshare.

Collection Method

Retrospective cohort study using serial cranial ultrasound examinations and developmental assessments.

Time Range

Infants treated between 2019 and 2021, with follow-up at 24 months.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-13 05:48:13; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Data from two tertiary neonatal intensive care units; specific location is unknown.